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Box 05

 Container

Contains 15 Results:

Peter Britt photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-003
Abstract The collection contains approximately 2,067 prints. Nearly half the portraits are unidentified. Most of the prints are portraits taken by Peter Britt. Emil Britt began making photos professionally in 1883 after training for a year in San Francisco. Peter Britt took photographs outside the studio infrequently. However, Emil carried the camera out on many picnic excursions in the earlier part of the twentieth century. The earliest prints come from the 1860s, with the most recent taken in...
Dates: 1850-1950

Families, bulk: 1863-1939

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS003:01
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Most of the prints are portraits taken by Peter Britt. After 1883, Emil Britt was also in the studio. Nearly half the portraits are unidentified. Peter Britt did take photographs outside the studio infrequently. His most well-known effort occurred in 1874 at Crater Lake. He created what is probably the only wet-process photo of Crater Lake. William Gladstone Steel used the photograph in his successful effort to have Crater Lake designated a National Park. This collection includes the...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1863-1939

Unidentified – Men wearing lodge costume, bulk: 18uu

 Sub-Series — Box: 05, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS003:01.54
Scope and Contents

Eight photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 18uu

Unidentified – Men standing, bulk: 18uu

 Sub-Series — Box: 05, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS003:01.55
Scope and Contents

Twelve photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 18uu

Unidentified – Men sitting, bulk: 18uu

 Sub-Series — Box: 05, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS003:01.56
Scope and Contents

Fourteen photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 18uu

Unidentified – Women portraits, bulk: 18uu

 Sub-Series — Box: 05, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS003:01.57
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Most of the prints are portraits taken by Peter Britt. After 1883, Emil Britt was also in the studio. Nearly half the portraits are unidentified. Peter Britt did take photographs outside the studio infrequently. His most well-known effort occurred in 1874 at Crater Lake. He created what is probably the only wet-process photo of Crater Lake. William Gladstone Steel used the photograph in his successful effort to have Crater Lake designated a National Park. This collection includes the...
Dates: Majority of material found within 18uu

Unidentified – Women portraits, bulk: 18uu

 Sub-Group — Box: 05, Folder: 02, Object: 01
Identifier: MSS003:01.57.01
Scope and Contents

Thirty two photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 18uu

Unidentified – Women portraits, bulk: 18uu

 Sub-Group — Box: 05, Folder: 02, Object: 02
Identifier: MSS003:01.57.02
Scope and Contents

Twenty two photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 18uu

Unidentified – Women group, bulk: 18uu

 Sub-Series — Box: 05, Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS003:01.58
Scope and Contents

Nine photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 18uu

Unidentified – Women standing, bulk: 18uu

 Sub-Series — Box: 05, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS003:01.59
Scope and Contents

Thirty three photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 18uu